Additional Washington Post Corrections
Some additional Washington Post corrections prompted by CAMERA.
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Palestinian Textbooks Teach Anti-Israel Hate
The media have ignored the Israeli publications which promote humane images of Arabs, and, far more importantly, have turned a blind eye to the systematic incitement to hatred of Jews and Israel sponsored by the Palestinian Authority in PA schools.
BACKGROUNDER: Wye and the Palestinian Covenant
Media reports on implementation of the Wye River Memorandum have incorrectly characterized as a "new demand" Israel's position that the Palestinian Covenant must be revised by a full meeting of the Palestinian National Council.
Thumbs Down to Lee Hockstader
THUMBS DOWN to the Washington Post's Jerusalem Bureau Chief Lee Hockstader for his vicious misrepresentation of Israel's security concerns.
CAMERA OP-ED: Journalists Behaving Badly
In a remarkable series of articles in late May, Geneva Overholser, the outgoing Ombudsman at the Washington Post and formerly the editor of a major Midwest newspaper, offered her observations about the state of journalism generally and conditions at the Post specifically.
The Washington Post’s Israel Problem
The recent terrorist bombing in Israel snuffed out the lives of 15 innocent people, maimed dozens more and spread fear in a vulnerable society. How did the Washington Post cover the attack and the political struggle that ensued? Passing speedily over the torn bodies of the bomb victims to focus a hostile eye on Israel was just the beginning.
Media Votes No On Israeli Democracy
In a period of deep national trauma that included assassination of its prime minister, unprecedented terrorism on the streets of its cities, and wrenching internal debate over issues of national survival, the Israeli public went to the polls in orderly form and voted for a new government.
Media Mangles Land Issues
Television footage, photo images and news reports in recent years have relentlessly embellished a simple–and false–message: Israel ruthlessly demolishes the dwellings of Arabs, denying them needed housing, while vast, concrete Jewish apartment developments rise on every hillside...